Monday, 28 December 2009

A little box containing a Molton Brown Bath & Shower gel for each person, with some sequinned hair clips for my Granddaughter Danielle

I also gave some of them a Gift Card inside these little 4 x 4 folders. I found the tutorial for these hereAll products used in these projects are Stampin' Up!

These were for my oldest two children and their partners...................they can choose what they would like with the Gift Cards enclosed. I think it gets harder to choose gifts the older they get!! so i took the easy route this year :)

Everyone was very pleased with their gifts and Christmas lunch was a complete success, so happy faces and full tummies all around!

I hope your celebrations went according to plan and that you all had a great time..............see you soon I hope ;-D

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Just wanted to share with you all the other two cards that i made as samples for my workshop yesterday evening..............some of my Ladies like to copy them to the millimetre, others put their own little slant on them........ As long as they enjoy themselves and love what they make, then i feel happy too!We have two more scheduled workshops left for this year and i've already booked my dates at the church hall for 2010 which will be the start of my sixth year!! Hopefully i can inspire them enough so that they will enjoy cardmaking throughout the New Year :)

The images here are from my ever growing stash, although i have had these two cuties for a while now! I've coloured them in with some very popular marker pens....you know the ones they start with the letter P! and can be found in lots of good craft outlets!!

The coloured card i've used and also the patterned paper is all from Stampin' Up! as i am now a demonstrator, which means i have access to a whole catalogue of crafty goodies :) If you pop over to my blog Crescent Stampin', you can view the other two workshop cards and also the catalogue in PDF format........just click on the picture of the front cover in the right side bar.

I am hoping to continue posting cards here for you to see, however it may not be as often as before! ............Thanks for popping in today, i appreciate your visits ;-D

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

I have a new 'Stampers 10' just started, if you live in the U.K. and would like to join this new group there are eight places still available................. check out the details over at Crescent Stampin' :)

Sunday, 25 October 2009

I've been making four Christmas cards for my regular Tuesday workshop, here are a couple of them, the other two can be found over at Crescent Stampin'..........

I've used stamps from my stash, one is more traditional in the reds and greens, but the other is a slightly quirky colour scheme for a Christmas card.................but, i actually quite like it makes a change don't you think? I've used some popular markers to colour my images! and added some Dazzling Diamonds for a bit of sparkle :)The sentiments and backgrounds are from Stampin' Up! .......also the satin ribbon and most of the cardstock. I've used my SU border punches and also the plain and scallop ovals...............if i can help you out with any of the Stampin' Up! supplies please let me know.........you can also browse the catalogue over at Crescent Stampin'................Enjoy the rest of your weekend ;-D

Saturday, 24 October 2009

I have received some lovely messages from my former team mates of Funky Hand and also Cute Daisy May and The Pink Elephant.

Thank You all so much for the well wishes and your lovely kind comments............i never imagined that when i started this little old blog that i would 'meet' albeit electronically! so many wonderful crafting friends....................from all over the globe......love you all :)

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

.... that unfortunately i have had to resign from all my current DT commitments. I will be having a little tidy up here, so if there is anything you wish to 'bookmark' then please do so :)

I have enjoyed playing along with all the different challenges and of course i will be continuing my sketch challenge every fortnight over at Carol's Sketch Fun

My main activity however will be on my Stampin' Up! siteCrescent Stampin I hope lots of my lovely followers will maybe visit me over there :) Hopefully when i get a bit more 'settled' i will have some regular tutorials for you and i usually have a special offer or two!

I would like to say a big thanks to all the lovely people that pop in to see me, the comments are always appreciated and are a boost to the system, especially after a bad day at the office :)

Thursday, 15 October 2009

Hello All :) I am afraid i have neglected this little place recently!! i've been busy trying to get samples made for my SU business! so that i have things to show at demonstrations and for my open day on Saturday. Apologies to my lovely visitors that have popped in to find something new............................. !

My most recent 'make' is this A6 Card Box................................i'll just show a couple of pictures here, but if you would like the instructions, complete with pictures then you can find them over at my SU blog Crescent Stampin'

I hope you enjoy the tutorial and that you will try it out for yourselves :)

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

A little card for you today using some of my new Stampin Up! goodies and my current sketch #16Please pop over to Carol's Sketch Fun, where the new sketch will be posted at 9am, as usual with a fab little prize!

All products used on this card can be found in the current U.K. Stampin Up! catalogue which can be viewed online over at my SU blog Crescent Stampin

Monday, 5 October 2009

It's Monday and time again for our new challenge over atCute Daisy May...........

PINK CHRISTMAS

Now i'm sure Linnie will forgive me for saying that i think this gorgeous Fairy is rather raunchy!!I have printed my sentiment from the PC for this one, i also found that i didn't really have any Christmas designer paper in pink! luckily i found one small piece just to set off the colours of my image and background.

I have my regular class this evening, trolleys are packed...........just hope i have packed everything that i need!! I received some more SU goodies yesterday, so i'll take those along and they can have a bit of a play with those too :)Thanks for your visit today.....

Monday, 28 September 2009

Morning lovelies, we have a recipe for you today over at Cute Daisy May........

1 Ribbon, 2 Buttons, 3 Flowers

I've completely suprised myself with my DT card this week!.............i very rarely leave 'white space' on my cards, preferring usually to cover the card front with at least one designer paper.....today i resisted that urge.........

As you can see, i did not want to confuse this beautiful image, Linnie's drawings have such pretty faces they speak for themselves...............and those of you that know me well, will know that i am not fond of images without proper faces!!

I would love to see what you can 'cook up' with our recipe this week, and don't forget to check out the fabulous creations from my team mates!

I have another parcel arriving today with lots more new Stampin Up! goodies from the brand new catalogue, launching on the 1st October. If you would like to treat yourself to some too... and spread the cost over the next few months, pop over to Crescent Stampin to find the details of my Stampers Clubs...............you can enjoy Hostess benefits and free product without moving from your armchair!!

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Yes, ........we have increased our little menagerie of pets to 15 now!!!! with the arrival of the very handsome Coco...................originally owned by a friend of my MIL, who to be honest did not have the time to spend handling, interacting and talking to his animals. Don't be misled he cares for them perfectly welljust not as obsessed as us when it comes to spending time with them.......................he was also a bit 'miffed' that he has never had any lovely duck eggs in the year that he has owned this gorgeous creature........................and the reason?..................................it's a boy!!!!!!!!

I'm happy to say that our girls Pepsi & Splash have accepted him rather well, although because he has never been handled at all, he is very wary of most things at the moment, especially Flopsy........one of our ex-battery hens that has taken an instant dislike to him and we can only let them be in the same area when we are watching...........he has only been here for two days, so hopefully things will improve when everyone gets more used to him being around!

Monday, 21 September 2009

Hello.............. The challenge we have for you this week over at Cute Daisy May is..........

TEXTURE

We want to see your fabulous designs using some form of texture.....it could be embossing, fabric, ribbon or anything that is 'touchy feely'!For my DT card i've gone with some perforated cardstock and some dead easy to use die cut felt strip.......... The sweet girl is from download sheet number 53

Come on over and play......you don't have to use a Cute Daisy May image , but you will be in with the chance of winning a gorgeous download which you can use on future challenges!

Monday, 14 September 2009

Without wishing to make too many of you feel broody! our challenge at Cute Daisy May this week is..........

BABY

Linnie has so many lovely images for you for this theme, and of course all the other girls on the DT have worked their magic to inspire you as well............some really gorgeous creations to feast your eyes on!

I chose to use this fab little Elephant for my card today from sheet #40...........

Good Morning lovelies :) Wow! can you believe we are up to challenge #32 atTPE......already!!

Today we have a fun challenge.......

Back to School / For Teacher

My gorgeous Granddaughter has started going to school now, but just for the afternoons at the moment, apparently she asks her Mum or Dad several times during the mornings "Is it time for school yet?" she's loving every minute :) so i have made a card for her to give to her teacher :)

I think this is called an 'easel' card.......found some images in the gallery at SCS but couldn't actually find any instructions, so i just made it 5 x 5 to fit the envelopes i already have! It was very easy to make and i love how it looks..............hope Mrs Franklin likes it!!

Congratulations Ladies :) Please e-mail with your full postal address(addy in side bar) and i will get your paper bundle posted out to you.If i do not hear from you by Wednesday at 5pm GMT i will have no alternative but to draw some more names from the list.

A huge Thank You to everyone that joined in this time.......and don't be too disappointed a new Blog Candy is on the horizon.........i still need to make more space!! ;-DSee you tomorrow,

Anice atFunky Hand has been working her magic again designing two brand new Christmas Wordbooks, so now i get to show you the samples i worked on and here they are..................

TIS THE SEASON

BLUE CHRISTMAS

You can of course pop over to Funky Hand and buy them now.........you could be making them this afternoon! Oh, and while you are there don't forget to look at all the other gorgeous samples from my fabby team mates.....................you'll find them all in the gallery!

Thanks for popping in today, i'll see you later with the results of my RAK.......and then back tomorrow with The Pink Elephant & Cute Daisy May!

Also, if you haven't popped over tomy new website yet, i will be having some fantastic offers in the next few days, so if you live in the U.K. you might want to check those out too! ;-D

Wednesday, 9 September 2009

Morning lovelies......... my last day of crafty freedom before going back to work tomorrow! I have really enjoyed the last three days..............i'm very easy to please, just give me stamps and paper and i'm a happy bunny!!

I've been creating some DT projects for two new Christmas wordbook downloads soon to be available over at Funky Hand.......so watch out for those! I also made a little card for the current challenge over atPBSC which is called................. Hearts Desire

The layout follows my current sketch over at Carol's Sketch Fun...............with a fabulous prize this fortnight................you will not want to miss your chance at this one!!

Off now to cut up the rest of the paper for my RAK Candy..............you still have a few days to enter for a chance at 50 sheets of 6 x 6 Designer Paper.....................and watch out very soon for another Candy giveaway!I have everything crossed that my Stampin Up! starter kit will arrive today, then i will get chance for a little play before returning to work! :)Thanks for popping in today, i hope you can spend your Wednesday doing what you love too!See you soon ;-D

Why not pop over now and look at all the fab creations from the rest of the DT girls............and better still, i would love to see what you can do with our colour challenge this week.....thanks for popping back in, and i'll see you very soon ;-D

I always love to see what the other DT girls have done with the challenges...........and i love to visit you and see how you interpret them.................the one thing i must do this week is try to leave you a comment so you know that i've popped in!!!

I will see you in a few hours with my first DT card for Cute Daisy May...........bye for now ;-D

Sunday, 6 September 2009

I received an e-mail a couple of weeks ago from the very talented Linnie over at Cute Daisy May inviting me onto her Design Team! I was very chuffed and didn't even have to think about it........who wouldn't love working with all her fabulous drawings........now that's real talent.......

My first card as a DT member will be shown tomorrow over at Cute Daisy May challenges and i would love it if you could join in this week.........the digi designs are so wonderful to work with and oh so cute!.................See you there ;-D

Thursday, 3 September 2009

..........that i am now anIndependentStampin Up! Demonstrator.......i have started to construct a new blog dedicated to all things Stampin Up!......called Crescent Stampin ..........still got the builders in at the moment!........ but hopefully things will soon be looking good...........see you there ;-D

Wednesday, 2 September 2009

And we all made one of these sweet little flowerpot cards................here's mine.........And this is a mini pizza box & matching card that i made for Steph..............I thoroughly enjoyed myself and it certainly made a nice change to actually sit down and make something along with all my lovely ladies...............

Thanks so much girls......... Margaret, Sue, Heather, Sandra, Lindsey, Nikki(who gave birth to her second beautiful daughter just 2 weeks ago!!) Wendy, Sue and last but by no means least Lynne(thanks for our little chat)..... I appreciate each and every one of you ;-D x x

Tuesday, 1 September 2009

The 1st of September sees the launch of challenge number 2 over at Get Funky! This month it's the turn of my fab team mate Ruth, both her gorgeous boys have their Birthdays during September.....so her challenge is.........................

Two Little Boys

Both my boys have their Birthdays in September - Jacob will be 4 and Samuel will be 6.

So my challenge is to make a boy themed card, layout, project or what ever you fancy as long as it is aimed at a boy and uses a Funky Hand paper or extra.

Here is the first of my two cards.........i will be showing the other one a bit later on :)

I've used papers fromVery Funky the 'Spring Morning' collection. The cute super dragon image is a digi from Dustin Pike which has been coloured with Promarkers. I used my Nestabilities to cut the ovals and coloured the number and lettering to match the ribbon.

You have a whole month to play along with our challenge and the chance to win a £20.00 gift voucher to spend on the website. I hope you will enjoy seeing what the rest of my teamies did with this challenge and i look forward to visiting you to check out what you have made :) Get Funky!!!

I have been having a little sort out of my designer paper stash! I need to make lots of room for other things..............(all will be revealed very shortly!) so i have decided to have a giveaway :)

50 6 x 6 sheeets of Designer Paperx 6picture to follow(need to cut them all up first!!)

(I still need to add 27 sheets to the top 2 piles!)

I will randomly draw six names from the comments here at this post. If you would like to mention it on your blog, then i'll pop your name in twice :) The six winners will be drawn on Sunday 13th September at 9pm GMT.........................Good Luck!

Saturday, 29 August 2009

There is a fab Sale this weekend at Funky Hand..........Wow!!!! 20% off everything! How can you resist??? You can pop over and stock up on all the gorgeous goodies, just in time to join our new challenge which goes live on 1st September over at Get Funky.......................see you there :)

Friday, 28 August 2009

Hi Everyone :)In between sneezing, blowing my nose and trying to sleep!! i have managed to complete some of my DT work for the coming week so i though i would pop on and show you a couple of sneaky peeks.........

This first one is for the new challenge over at'Get Funky' which goes live on Tuesday 1st September...................set by my fab team mate Ruth......and if your mojo has done a 'runner' you will find some great inspiration from the rest of my team mates! And............if you don't have any Funky Hand goodies to work with yet, make sure you check the website over the weekend for a VERY special offer.......................more about that tomorrow!

And this one................well, i've been 'itching' to tell you.............but i can't just yet!!.......watch this space ;-D

If you would like to play along with CSF #13, then just pop over to myother blog to find all the details.................there is a great little prize on offer this time, so just link up your card or project in the comments and i can pop over to your place and see what you have made :) If you don't have a blog but still want to play then just e-mail me a j-peg and i will upload it for you.

Monday, 24 August 2009

Robin has provided us all with a great sketch to work from over at TPE this week, and not only that, but we have a fab sponsor too!The girls on the DT were very lucky to be able to choose two digi images from The Little Paper Shop.................our sponsors for this challenge......................as you may know i am very, very fond of animals, so i chose Lily Lamb and Sammy Seal!

I hope you can tell how much fun i had with the sketch............if you have never played along with us before a sketch is the perfect place to start, so maybe you could make this your first time entering our challenge :) or..............maybe you are one of the lovely ladies that join us each and every week with your fabulous entries...........i confess!! i cannot keep up with you all, but i thank you for your dedication week in, week out :)

It is extremely late here in the u.k.(nearly 2am!!!!) and i should have been in my bed long before now!! Oh well............................ guess it's two cans of Red Bull for breakfast then................. ;-D

Sunday, 23 August 2009

I was very lucky to be presented with this fab award from my very sweet talented friend Sheri

Now, as usual this award has some rules attached to it...........................................but i am going to duck out of those :) For a start you wouldn't want to wait months while i think of seven interesting facts about myself now would you???

I visit many, many wonderful blogs on a daily basis and i am always thrilled to see such fabulous things made with paper & ink, so i would find it impossible to choose just a few to pass the award onto and also i know many of you have it already! So.............................if you want to snag this for your trophy cabinet, then take it with my pleasure...... however, if you would like to do it properly then you can sheck out the rules over at Sheri's place...........................happy hopping ;-D

Keryn has set the dare this week over at DCM to celebrate her 2nd Anniversary as a Stampin Up demonstrator................so the dare is entitled...........

The Anniversary Waltz

It's always useful to have a few Wedding Anniversary cards in my stock box, so i decided to go with that on my card today..................

Aren't these birds so cute? They are another fab download available from Lily-Boo's Boutique and i have been playing around with the colour on these birds..............can't quite decide which colour i prefer them at the moment, i still have a few more combinations to try! There are five other images in this set.......great value at only £1.99..........................think i'm getting addicted to digi downloads..............they're so simple to resize and you can just print one to a page if that's what you prefer............instant gratification.......lovely :)

My gorgeous granddaughter Danielle is here with me today, currently fast asleep on the sofa after a rather late night last night.........................we are having a quick lunch today as Andy & Darren are very busy with the bouncy castles and Justine will be here later when she finishes work.........................enjoy your day whatever you are doing and i'll see you tomorrow for The Pink Elephant and the fab new challenge ;-D

Saturday, 22 August 2009

Sorry for such a quick post, but the X Factor is starting in a few minutes........arming myself with a lovely cuppa and a chelsea bun that Andy bought me earlier :) (he's at an event tonight with the Rodeo Bull)..........let's see how i go this year with picking out my faves............then the suspense of seeing how many of them make it to the end!............................so excited! I love it, so see you all very soon......

Thursday, 20 August 2009

My card today is for the current challenge over atPBSC, a colour theme of.....................

BLUE,TAN & CREAM

Tip of the day..........................crystals will not go through the Cuttlebug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was only after i had stuck the crystals to the image that i decided to cut out the image with the nesties...............bad news!! ............ the Cuttlebug absolutely crushed them to a powder almost, so i had to prise off what was left of them and stick on some new ones!!! Luckily it didn't mess up the rest of the image and i was able to complete my card without any more hassles :)

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Morning lovelies :)Kathy has set the dare this week over at Daring Card Makers, with the word LACEI hope that the black trim on this card will qualify..............it's not really lace, but hey....... it's fun having a go anyway..........................

I've used another of the fabLily-Boo's images that i puchased on Saturday.............thought this little 'incy wincy' was perfect for a Halloween card, my first one this year! .............. I was tempted to give it a tooth gem but i resisted the urge!!This is also based on my current sketch...................why not pop over to my sketch blog and have a go? i have a fab liitle prize bundle to give away too!